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Originally Posted by trachy
It might be a valid argument if the market set that $400 price tag, but AT&T and Motorola have clearly shown that not to be the case.
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I've been griping about this on HoFo for awhile. Here are some things that other people brought up.
#1: The MPx200 is $299 on AT&T's site (with any contract). The i600 will be $399 on VZW's site (with a two year contract). That's a $100 difference.
#2: AT&T's APGU is $377 while Verizon's is $250 -- perhaps AT&T is putting that $100 more they spend to attract a customer towards phone subsidy.
#3: The i600 comes with an extra 1700mha extended battery and a leather case. Not quite a $100 value, but it does come with more stuff.
#4: QualComm CDMA licensing fees could be higher than GSM/GPRS.
#5: The MPx200 is being batch manufactured for release on many GSM/GPRS networks worldwide, ... so its possibly cheaper because more of them are being made
#6: VZW's network has much much much more coverage than AT&T, so you're getting what you pay for.
I think the VZW price sucks, especially since you can get a MPx200 for $129 at Amazon, but there were definately "other factors" that could logically affect the price that I wasn't aware of.